As many of you may recall I posted the following update about two weeks ago:
"I am happy to discontinue the Dateline Update due to the closeness of the program. Dateline, is a good organization and doing their best to be fair and remain neutral when it comes to reporting the story. I agreed to working with the process for the simple reason, to let the truth be known. I believe Dateline will follow that standard in the reporting of this story. I also believe WT will use any type of strategy to hide the truth and manipulate words to their advantage. This is plainly evident in the comments of JR Brown and Mario Moreno to the press in the last year. That is proof in hard copy of WT tactics. I believe WT has tried to manipulate Dateline from the beginning with how they have stated facts and their response to telling the story. Yet I still hold true to the belief that the truth will not be hidden in this matter and the public will be able to clearly see it. I have been asked by Dateline to not reveal all that I know about the story and the circumstances surrounding it. I intend to honor that request. Yet from the information that I am aware of, I believe we will know something very soon.
Is that my word of honor that I will know something in four days? Absolutely not, nothing is absolute and even when we have an air date, something can always pre-empt a program at the last minute. What if the show was set to air on 9-12-01 ? Do you think it would have aired? If it did, do you think anyone would have remembered it? So just bear in mind this is all a process we have to work with. I am very happy with the professional manner in which Dateline has handled this delicate topic and I believe the intended result will happen. The public, as well as Jehovah’s Witnesses will be educated about a problem that is hurting children. The leadership of the organization will be pressured to respond and do what is morally and ethically right. Victims will have closure, children will be better protected, and we will have Dateline to thank for helping the truth to come out.
If I could say one thing about this matter, direct your frustration toward WT for causing this problem to begin with and failing to respond and using their own theocratic system involving spiritual warfare to manipulate the media to their advantage. On the other hand, let Dateline know we appreciate their efforts and offer them our support for the commitment, money, time and effort devoted to making this story happen. It is going to happen and very soon.
I continue to stand behind these comments and nothing has changed to date in that regard. The program is completely finished and we are simply waiting for an airdate. I have been assured it has not been shelved for a later date. So we take it day by day and expect to hear something very soon. If you wish to call Dateline to verify for yourself you can reach them at 800-nbcnews ext 4801 and speak to Richard Greenberg.